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(The Center Square) – With the November midterm elections only six weeks away, the Trump administration is already implementing ballot security and fraud prevention measures, Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter told the media Tuesday.
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(The Center Square) – Virginia is pressing Congress for federal artificial intelligence rules addressing potential effects on jobs, personal data and resource use as the state develops oversight of the technology.
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(The Center Square) – TThe Department of Transportation on Monday launched an AI-enhanced air traffic control system to cut flight delays, part of a $12.5 billion federal push to replace aging infrastructure, with gradual improvement expected by summer 2027.
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(The Center Square) – Maryland ranks 43rd in a new 50-state Medicaid scorecard as the state manages continued Medicaid costs and prepares thousands of residents for new federal work and eligibility requirements.
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(The Center Square) – Maryland was one of six states to receive an F for its public-sector labor laws in a new national report as lawmakers expanded collective bargaining rights to more government workers this year.
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(The Center Square) – A Pennsylvania-based free market think tank released its latest report grading state public sector labor laws on Tuesday, tracking how government unions have worked to advance pro-union legislation at the state level in the wake of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME.
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–(The Center Square) – While visiting the Johnson Space Cente Friday, President Donald Trump announced and signed an executive order to establish the Space Force Academy.
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(The Center Square) – Child-safety measures for children and $327 million from a $17.1 billion settlement are coming to Maryland from Meta, owner of the Facebook and Instagram platforms.
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(The Center Square) – Homeland Security arrested 1,328 people it says are illegally in America on a sweep through Virginia and Maryland Aug. 1-14.
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(The Center Square) – Virginia avoided all eight financial warning signs in a new study, though several local governments and school systems did not.
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(The Center Square) – Other states should take note after the Maryland Tax Court recently struck down that state's digital advertising tax and ordered refunds to be paid to taxpayers for more than five years worth of collections, according to The Tax Foundation.
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(The Center Square) – Maryland is moving ahead with the next major piece of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild as the project’s price tag has climbed to as much as $5.2 billion.
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(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block Maryland’s newly approved congressional redistricting amendment from reaching voters in November, one day after Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed the measure.
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